Free Sat Not working as intended

psd99

psd99

psd99

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Hi all, I am trying to get free sat to work on my samsung TV



First I thought I had a signal problem but the channels are being picked up, the TV shows good signal, however when I try to watch the channels on free sat none of them work.



Terrestial aireal works okay so I use that instead, I have deleted existing channels and re-added but the same problem occurs I am left wondering if there is something I need to reset in the settings?



Any advice on how to fix the free sat? Pics to follow shortly.
















 
If in the past there was a Sky Q box connected to your sat dish, you have a wideband LNB fitted. To get built in Freesat to work on your tv, you need to change the LNB on your sat dish to a standard LNB.
 
kitfit1 said:
If in the past there was a Sky Q box connected to your sat dish, you have a wideband LNB fitted. To get built in Freesat to work on your tv, you need to change the LNB on your sat dish to a standard LNB.
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Yes previously I did have a sky Q box fitted.

however, how can a different LNB make a difference?

One thing to note is that previously the old TV was able to pickup free sat on the same dish. However, is it normal for sky engineers to change the LNB when they are installing sky q?
 
Damn that is very cheeky and annoying
So although the tv detects the channel and shows a good signal i will need to change the lnb. That sucks i bet it is sky who had it this way im so glad im not their customer!



Nah im too far from stoke
What type of lnb do i need? Any links?

Also is it easy enough to change?
 
Btw the tv does pick up other sattelite channels it is not free sat but i saw another mode where channels worked ok but they are useless channels
 
psd99 said:
What type of lnb do i need? Any links?
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I use this place for all my stuff - https://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/satellite-and-terrestrial/universal-and-unicable-lnb
Not sure if that Technomate Quad LNB is a replacement Sky LNB or an LNB that will fit on a Sky dish, contact them.
Or buy this to experiment - https://www.world-of-satellite.co.u...t-gt-slrc1-0.1db-universal-single-compact-lnb
Also remember that what you put on may not line up with 28E correctly and might have to fiddle a bit, I've worked on systems where you could be a gnats ball out and wouldn't pickup a signal.
 
Ah ok

This sounds like much more hassle than its actually worth esp in the cold

I read somewhere that freeesat offers more channels than freeview
But not worth the effort reading this
 
You can get hybrid LNBs offering both Wideband (SkyQ) & regular outputs, you could then run a Freest TV and SkyQ box off of the same dish at the same time, using separate cable drops from said dish.
 
Tesla said:
You can get hybrid LNBs offering both Wideband (SkyQ) & regular outputs, you could then run a Freest TV and SkyQ box off of the same dish at the same time, using separate cable drops from said dish.
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do you have a link to the correct LNB I would need?

TBC - i had no idea they are different LNB's for sky vs freesat - I got 4 cables I need plugging in but the current setup would be for freesat only.
 
psd99 said:
do you have a link to the correct LNB I would need?

TBC - i had no idea they are different LNB's for sky vs freesat - I got 4 cables I need plugging in but the current setup would be for freesat only.
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There's plenty if you search "freesat LNB" on Amazon for example. I bought one a few years ago for the same reason, but the particular model I bought is no longer in stock.
 
I moved to FreeSat about a year ago now - cancelling Q and buying one of the recordable FreeSat boxes.
Certainly no LNB change required for me - simply took the cables that were in the back of the Q box and plugged them straight into the FreeSat box.

The only issue I had was nobody seemed to warn you that the FreeSat box would need a software update before it appears to do anything. I was running through the setup and getting no signal etc.
So I just left it all plugged in and switched on overnight, woke up to find everything up and running, EPG populated, etc.
But certainly no changes made at the dish end of things.
 
stoofa said:
I moved to FreeSat about a year ago now - cancelling Q and buying one of the recordable FreeSat boxes.
Certainly no LNB change required for me - simply took the cables that were in the back of the Q box and plugged them straight into the FreeSat box.

The only issue I had was nobody seemed to warn you that the FreeSat box would need a software update before it appears to do anything. I was running through the setup and getting no signal etc.
So I just left it all plugged in and switched on overnight, woke up to find everything up and running, EPG populated, etc.
But certainly no changes made at the dish end of things.
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The 4k Freesat boxes being sold right now use the same wideband LNB as Sky Q.

Samsung TVs and older Freesat boxes use the non wideband LNB. This was also used by sky prior to sky Q.
 
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